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Senior Fellow Vin Weber offers a candid insider's
look at the national Republican party and the
conservative movement in this presentation.

His lecture was sponsored by the Center for the
Study of Politics and Governance.

In the wake of 9/11, the Bush Administration
repeatedly has sought to expand the power of
the executive branch. What are the dangers of
an executive branch unchecked by Congress and
the Judiciary? In “Unchecked and Unbalanced:
Presidential Power in a Time of Terror,”
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., talks about the risks
and consequences of the Bush Administration’s
actions.

Following his presentation, Vice President
Walter Mondale and U.S. District Judge John R.
Tunheim join Schwartz in a conversation
about the meaning and significance of the
changes in executive branch powers.

Professor Larry Jacobs joined award-winning
journalist Melissa Fay Greene in a conversation
about her work. Greene’s articles and books
have addressed civil rights and Southern history,
coal mine disasters and poetry, adoption, and
family life. Greene discussed her most recent
book, There is No Me Without You, which looks
at the efforts of one woman to save children
orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia.
Her visit was co-sponsored by the Center for the
Study of Politics and Governance.

Harold Koh, dean of the Yale Law School, gave a
presentation on “Restoring America’s Human Rights
Reputation” prior to a panel discussion with Vice
President Walter Mondale and University of Minnesota
political science and law professor Kathryn Sikkink.

This program was sponsored by the Center for the Study
of Politics and Governance.

William Lacy Swing, chief of the United
Nations mission in the Democratic Republic
of Congo, joined William J. Durch,
co-director of the Future of Peace
Operations Program at the Henry L. Stimson
Center, and Humphrey Institute Dean
J. Brian Atwood in a conversation about
United Nations peacekeeping efforts
in Africa.